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The Medici weren't the only famous family of the Italian Renaisssance.
But Lorenzo de'Medici, wary of Pazzi ambition, kept his rivals out of government office during the 1470s. When a greedy nephew of Pope Sixtus IV approached the younger Pazzi with a plan to seize ...
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Catherine de Medici (1519 – 1589)
Her father was Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence ... She continued to play a central role in government and made further fruitless attempts to reconcile the opposing sides ...
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The Medici were well-known for their personal as well as professional dalliances.
Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano de'Medici, famously impregnated his mistress before his brutal murder in 1478. Their child, Giulio de'Medici, was later crowned Pope Clement VII. Clement took a black ...